WEBVTT WHAT HAPPENED SO THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXECUTIVE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DAMON EVANS IS REMEMBERING STANDOUT FOOTBALL STAR JORDAN MCNAIR. >> JORDAN HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE, EXTREMELY SHARP, WELL-RESPECTE OBVIOUSLY, HE IS APART OF OUR FAMILY. REPORTER: MCNAIR A 6-FOOT-4, 325 POUND OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA FOLLOWING AN ORGANIZED TEAM WORKOUT ON MAY 29. HE THEN GOT A LIVER TRANSPLANT. TWO WEEK LATER HE DIED. EVANS SAYS A REVIEW IS UNDERWAY. >> IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE REVIEW THIS SITUATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS IN THE PROPER WAY TO BEST POSITION OURSELVES TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE. REPORTER: EVANS SAYS IT WAS ABOUT 80 DEGREES WHEN ATHLETES WERE BEGINNING THEIR CONDITIONING WORKOUTS. HE WAS UNSURE HOW LONG THOSE WORKOUTS LASTED, BUT SAYS ATHLETES WERE GIVEN A GALLON OF WATER TO ENSURE HYDRATION ALONG WITH SNACKS AND GATORADE. >> AT THE COMPLETION OF THE WORKOUTS OUR TRAINERS NOTICED HE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY RECOVERING. REPORTER: EVANS SAYS TRAINERS RUSHED TO HIS SIDE. BUT THE MAN KNOWN TO HAVE A BIG HEART AND A BIG SMILE WOULDN’T SURVIVE. >>’S PASSING IS A LOSS FOR OUR FOOTBALL TEAM, OUR MARYLAND COMMUNITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HIS LOVING AND SUPPORTING FAMILY. REPORTER: EVANS WAS NOT SPECIFIC ON WHAT THE REVIEW WOULD ENTAIL. BUT HE DID SAY IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

A University of Maryland football player who died is being remembered two weeks after he was hospitalized following a team workout. University officials said Thursday that an outside group will review the matter. The focus now is on what led to the death of Jordan McNair, a McDonogh School graduate, who many said was a standout offensive lineman at the University of Maryland.McNair died Wednesday, two weeks after being flown to Shock Trauma following an organized team workout on May 29. He underwent a liver transplant.McNair was an offensive lineman for the Maryland Terps football team. Before that, he was a star player at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, wearing No. 70 on the field. The young man with a big smile and a big heart led the school to a championship in 2014. "He was a captain. A great person on and off the field. As a student, I taught him his freshman-year algebra. He was unbelievable in the classroom. He worked his tail off. He was quiet. He was going to out work everybody else in the classroom," said Hakeen Sule. Sule, Mcdonogh's head football coach and a math teacher, said McNair was a frequent visitor to school, coming back to work out or see friends. He recalls taking McNair and other students on a fishing trip to St. Michaels. "I can remember Jordan being happy, learning how to fish and crab and holding a big rockfish for the very first time," Sule said. McNair left McDonogh to go to the University of Maryland, where he was an offensive lineman. He was redshirted for his freshman year. University of Maryland Executive Athletic Director Damon Evans remembered McNair as a standout football star. "Jordan had a bright future, extremely sharp, well-respected. Obviously he is apart of our family," Evans said.He says a review of the situation is underway."It's important that we review this situation to make sure that we are doing things in the proper way, to best position ourselves to make people feel comfortable," Evans said.Evans said it was about 80 degrees when athletes began their conditioning workouts on May 29, but was unsure how long those workouts lasted. He said athletes were given a gallon of water to ensure hydration, along with snacks and Gatorade."At the completion of the workouts, our trainers noticed he had some difficulty recovering," Evans said.He said trainers rushed to McNair's side at the hospital."His passing is a loss for our football team our community his family," Evans said.Sule learned of his death from McNair's parents when he went to visit him at Shock Trauma Wednesday. "I never saw two parents work so well together to raise a child, Jordan, a single child. He was a great son," Sule said.A GoFundMe page has been made to help his family with medical expenses.Also on WBALTV.com:

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A University of Maryland football player who died is being remembered two weeks after he was hospitalized following a team workout.

University officials said Thursday that an outside group will review the matter. The focus now is on what led to the death of Jordan McNair, a McDonogh School graduate, who many said was a standout offensive lineman at the University of Maryland.

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McNair died Wednesday, two weeks after being flown to Shock Trauma following an organized team workout on May 29. He underwent a liver transplant.

McNair was an offensive lineman for the Maryland Terps football team. Before that, he was a star player at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, wearing No. 70 on the field. The young man with a big smile and a big heart led the school to a championship in 2014.

"He was a captain. A great person on and off the field. As a student, I taught him his freshman-year algebra. He was unbelievable in the classroom. He worked his tail off. He was quiet. He was going to out work everybody else in the classroom," said Hakeen Sule.

Sule, Mcdonogh's head football coach and a math teacher, said McNair was a frequent visitor to school, coming back to work out or see friends. He recalls taking McNair and other students on a fishing trip to St. Michaels.

"I can remember Jordan being happy, learning how to fish and crab and holding a big rockfish for the very first time," Sule said.

McNair left McDonogh to go to the University of Maryland, where he was an offensive lineman. He was redshirted for his freshman year.

University of Maryland Executive Athletic Director Damon Evans remembered McNair as a standout football star.

"It's important that we review this situation to make sure that we are doing things in the proper way, to best position ourselves to make people feel comfortable," Evans said.

Evans said it was about 80 degrees when athletes began their conditioning workouts on May 29, but was unsure how long those workouts lasted. He said athletes were given a gallon of water to ensure hydration, along with snacks and Gatorade.

"At the completion of the workouts, our trainers noticed he had some difficulty recovering," Evans said.

He said trainers rushed to McNair's side at the hospital.

"His passing is a loss for our football team our community his family," Evans said.

Sule learned of his death from McNair's parents when he went to visit him at Shock Trauma Wednesday.

"I never saw two parents work so well together to raise a child, Jordan, a single child. He was a great son," Sule said.